Mary Ann Morgan

Mary Ann Morgan b. Portobello, Otago on 18 January 1864. She was first child of
Jane Robinson (b. Kilsyth, Scotland arr Lyttelton NZ on "Queen of the Mersey" on 10 October 1862 ) and husband Daniel Nuttall (b. Nottingham England arr " William Bryan" on 21 July 1860). He worked on farms, mainly with horses.

Mary Ann Nuttall (aka Everitt) m. Tom Henry Morgan at Patea 25 August 1886 .
Tom had arr as a lad in Wellington on "Chapman" in 1864 with his parents Edmund and Miriam Morgan, who settled in Wanganui.
Mary Morgan had four daughters and an only son, Garland Oswald Morgan, KIA at Gallipoli WW1.
She ran boarding houses, esp in Hawera, where she obtained a mortgage in her own name to build Heatherlea Boarding House in 1913, the lenders being Messrs Horner & Burns, Solicitors. The cul-de-sac where her house stood is now named "Heatherlea". Mary Morgan was no shrinking violet, and ignored any man who thought himself superior. She was a lady who stood no nonsense, and she personally threw out any lodger who drank, fought, or didn't pay. She immediately investigated any sound in the night, so there was no chance of immorality at her establishment. I have her bobby-knocker and her riding whip, and they are both well-used.
Her beloved old husband Tom Morgan, a Maori Wars veteran and very deaf, was hit by a car and killed on 24 July 1918 aged 73, and his death certificate names the driver and states that he was drunk. Mary carried on her business with help from her daughters, and cared for 27 needy children over the years.
Mary Morgan died in 1935 and is buried in the Hawera cemetery with her husband Tom. The auction of her property had to be cancelled because the King had died!
She was my great-grandmother.